Happy Social Media Day friends, we hope your day is full of socialeyezing and we thought what better way to get social than to share some awesome videos with your friends. We found some goodies for you, from a Panda Bear doing an Obstacle Course, a Parody on Dora the Explorer and an Old Spice video that will help you believe in your smellf.
Panda Bear Doing an Obstacle Course
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SES San Francisco Conference Unites Internet Marketing Professionals and Increases B2C Connections
Businesses need to remain informed regarding the constant change within Internet Marketing; from Social Media, Search Engine Optimization, PPC Management, Keyword Research and many other key factors that play an indispensable role in your online success.
There are many conferences out there that make it even harder for businesses to choose which will be beneficial for them if they attend. However, you may be surprised that out of the many there are only a few that will actually enhance your Internet Marketing knowledge. Providing educational information to improve various Internet Marketing sectors that will make your brand’s reach go further and even more importantly, aid in connecting you with your customers.
One conference in particular is the SES San Francisco Conference that is held from August 13-17, this conference unites professionals offering 70+ sessions, training workshops, and an expo floor that will be inundated with other like-minded businesses and peers that encourage you to network, providing your company with opportunities to grow.
Not only does the SES San Francisco Conference have leading industry vendors and sessions that cover the above mentioned along with local, mobile, link building, duplicate content, multiple site issues, video optimization, site optimization, and usability all within the 70+ sessions they offer, they also have an Industry leader as this year’s keynote speaker.
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4 Videos That Will Make Your Week
This week seemed to be full of videos that kept the sharing going via our Social Networks, 2 of the 4 particular being parodies, and who doesn’t love a parody when it is done right? The following videos caught our eye and made for a fun Social Media week, therefore in case you missed them, we would like to pass the fun onto you.
Which of the 4 videos is your favorite?
I’m Farming and I Grow It (Parody)
This video is a shout out to all of our Farmers out there who provide us food. These three brothers decided to make a parody of the infamous LMFAO song, “I’m Sexy and I Know It”, we particularly enjoy the part where they sing “we work out-side”.
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The world we live in and how we conduct our lives both socially and financially is pretty much wrapped up in little machines that we turn on everyday to read and scan data.
20 years ago this wasn’t the case… sure, there were computers, but they served a purpose. They printed invoices and kept a list of our business contacts. They even sorted data and kept track of sales. Now, they are our lifeline – or at least something that has become an important part of our daily lives.
Sociologists such as Anthony Giddens, and Alain Touraine describe the social activities we engage in on Facebook and other social network sites as “an important part of a necessary strategy to feel safe and sustained and understood in our daily lives.” They go on to describe that we, as humans strive to maintain stable self-identities.
Social sites help us to do this. Giddens’ wrote an entire book on the subject, titled: ‘Modernity and Self-Identity‘ which solidifies the belief that the human minds wants to create order and have control over our environment.
Wondering what to do with your QR Code?
The best way to market yourself or your business is by word of mouth, as it has always been, but with a splash of 2.0.
Every business needs to find a solution to share their brand in a quick and easy way, the way the world likes things done today. A QR code is just what you need to help spread your brand and online source, like your website.
Many businesses have been misusing their QR codes by placing them on their websites, when its intentions are to get people offline to join you online or from one destination to the next. The QR code can serve many purposes and can be great for a promotion that you are currently running, a contest, or to simply use it for branding purposes.
Google+ has recently integrated a new local feature that you can view on the left-hand side menu. The announcement is based upon one little red “New” located beside the word local; yet, this change will have a gigantic impact on your business.
How?
Google+ has assimilated the Zagat expressive 30 point scoring system which gives detailed information regarding businesses to consumers prior to them visiting the business online or in-store, much like a quick review, allowing other users thoughts and opinions about businesses aid in choosing where a person wants to go when they want to purchase an item.
What is Google+ Local?
Google+ Local will allow users to get recommendations about businesses; such as reviews and locations based on their circles. As a user you will be able to publish to your circles your favorite places as well as any reviews you may have regarding businesses. If you want broader opinions outside your circles you will have access to Zagat reviews and summaries about businesses as well as be able to see local Google+ pages to see information and photos about a business within your area. If you used Google Places in the past your content can be moved to Google+ Local, you will be prompted if you want to keep your old reviews and photos, and of course, you will need a Google+ account for this to be enabled. If not, you can still use Google Places, but keep in mind that Google+ users will have access to share, review and rate your business via Google+ Local.
As a user you will be able to search for various recommended businesses within your area, just by clicking the “local” link, you will immediately be shown local recommendations in Entertainment, Restaurants, Cafes, Bars and Hotels, giving you instant information on your community and the ability to give your opinion.
Suddenly, Facebook Page owners are upset about the newly added recommendations box, thinking that this will increase negative sentiment, this is in fact false.
Your Facebook Page is already public, which means that anyone can view it. Yes, you can now change the setting to only allow people who are on the Facebook Platform to see your page but that only limits you and prevents the true Marketing reach you’re looking to gain.
The recommendations box will allow you to have a better eye on what is being said about your business or brand, as long as the people who share the recommendations make it public. The reality is that it just gives people the ability to post somewhere other than your wall, ah yes, your wall, this too is a spot that people can write about you, positively or negatively which is the same as recommendations.
